Somalia address generator
Random Somalia addresses with real city and province names, laid out the way Somalia writes them. No open dataset links postcodes to places. Postcodes are left out unless you turn on pattern-valid placeholders.
- B Places verified
- 76 cities
- 18 provinces
- Postcode: not linked
Options
235 Hospital Way Afgooye, Shabeelle Hoose Somalia
- City and province: GeoNames; postcode: not linked to places
- Street name, number: synthetic
Synthetic test data: not a verified or deliverable address.
- Street
- 235 Hospital Way
- City
- Afgooye
- Province
- Shabeelle Hoose
- Postcode
- Not linked to placesNo open dataset links postcodes to places here. Turn on placeholder postcodes to add a pattern-valid one.
- Country
- Somalia (SO)
- Coordinates
- 2.138, 45.121 Approximate centre of the locality, not the building
How addresses are written in Somalia
Layout from Google’s address metadata (libaddressinput), the format data Chrome and Android use for address forms.
- Required fields
- Street address, city and province
- Postcode
- Examples:
JH 09010,AD 11010
Pattern:[A-Z]{2} ?\d{5} - Provinces
- 18 in the dataset
- Capitals
- Mail labels conventionally capitalise the street, city and province
- Script
- Latin
- Calling code
- +252
About the data for Somalia
BPlaces verified. Places and regions are dataset-backed, but no open dataset links postcodes to places, so postcodes are left out unless you ask for placeholders.
- Localities
- 76 · GeoNames populated places (cities500)
- Postcodes
- No open dataset links postcodes to places. Postcodes are left out unless you turn on pattern-valid placeholders.
- Names
- Somali (country-specific list)
- Streets
- Synthetic names built from common local street words. They are not taken from real maps.
Sample Somalia addresses
Eight addresses generated with a fixed seed. The city, province are real; street names and numbers are not.
| Formatted address | Postcode |
|---|---|
| 109 Ali Close Flat 1 Luuq, Gedo | — |
| 62 Church Road Balanbale, Galguduud | — |
| 117 Ali Drive Kaambooni, Gobolka Jubbada Hoose | — |
| 30 Garden Road Flat 21 Baardheere, Gedo | — |
| 195 Omar Lane Dhuusamarreeb, Galguduud | — |
| 20 Hospital Lane Diinsoor, Bay | — |
| 215 Central Close Flat 35 Dhobley, Gobolka Jubbada Hoose | — |
| 148 Orchard Road Mogadishu, Banaadir | — |
Provinces of Somalia
Pick one in the generator above to keep every address inside it.
| Province | Abbreviation | Localities |
|---|---|---|
| Awdal | AD | 6 |
| Bakool | BK | 4 |
| Banaadir | BN | 1 |
| Bari | BR | 8 |
| Bay | BY | 3 |
| Galguduud | GG | 7 |
| Gedo | GD | 5 |
| Gobolka Jubbada Hoose | 5 | |
| Hiiraan | HR | 3 |
| Juba Dhexe | 4 | |
| Mudug | MD | 5 |
| Nugaal | NG | 2 |
| Sanaag | SG | 3 |
| Shabeelle Dhexe | 3 | |
| Shabeelle Hoose | 4 | |
| Sool | SL | 3 |
| Togdheer | TG | 4 |
| Woqooyi Galbeed | WG | 6 |
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